Journal
EUPHYTICA
Volume 172, Issue 2, Pages 285-294Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-009-0081-7
Keywords
Aegilops tauschii; Amphidiploid; Fertility; Triticum turgidum; Unreduced gametes
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- National Natural Science Foundation [30700495]
- National Basic Research Program [2009CB118304]
- Key Technologies R & D program of China [2006BAD13B02]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Youth Foundation of Sichuan Province [08ZQ026-060]
- Education Department of Sichuan province [07ZZ025]
- South Dakota State University Agricultural Experimental Station
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Spontaneous chromosome doubling via union of unreduced (2n) gametes has been thought to be the way that common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was originated from the hybridization of T. turgidum L. with Ae. tauschii Cosson. Previous works have observed unreduced gametes in F-1 hybrids of Ae. tauschii with six of the eight T. turgidum subspecies. It is not clear, however, whether the formation of these unreduced gametes is a norm in the F-1 hybrids. In the present study, we tried to answer this question by assessing the occurrence frequency of unreduced gametes in 115 T. turgidum-Ae. tauschii hybrid combinations, involving 76 genotypes of seven T. turgdium subspecies and 24 Ae. tauschii accessions. Our data show that these hybrid combinations differed significantly (P a parts per thousand currency sign 0.01, F = 11.40) in selfed seedset, an indicator for production of unreduced gametes. This study clearly showed that meiotic restitution genes are widely distributed within T. turgidum. However, significant differences were found between as well as within T. turgidum subspecies and in the interaction of the T. turgidum genotypes with those of Ae. taushii. The possible application of the meiotic restitution genes from T. turgidum in production of double haploids is also discussed.
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